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Modeler's Moment - The 1909 gyroscopic monorail
April 20, 2006 - 04:38 — Slambo
Did you know that Louis Brennan successfully demonstrated a gyroscopically balanced monorail in 1909? It was designed as a cheap method of building transportation infrastructure and the British military was interested but it did not enter production due partly to fears of the gyroscope failing. Model this!
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